Automobile is one of the most successful inventions of all time, but in my view, it is thoroughly obsolete already. And so by fundamentally rethinking the automobile, thinking of it as a robot on four wheels, essentially, something that can communicate with other intelligent devices, it can operate in a coordinated way, you can really start to fundamentally rethink urban personal mobility.
There is no magical solution because urban traffic congestion arises from the fact that a lot of people want to be in the same place at the same time… - William J. Mitchell
There is no magical solution because urban traffic congestion arises from the fact that a lot of people want to be in the same place at the same time…
- William J. Mitchell
Everybody thinks an automobile needs an engine. Well, an automobile doesn't necessarily need an engine. What we do is shift electric motors into the … - William J. Mitchell
Everybody thinks an automobile needs an engine. Well, an automobile doesn't necessarily need an engine. What we do is shift electric motors into the …
Most automobiles spend about 80 percent of their time sitting around doing nothing. They're gasoline powered; they go to very high speeds, which in f… - William J. Mitchell
Most automobiles spend about 80 percent of their time sitting around doing nothing. They're gasoline powered; they go to very high speeds, which in f…
The relation of photography and language is a principal site of struggle for value and power in contemporary representations of reality; it is the pl… - William J. Mitchell
The relation of photography and language is a principal site of struggle for value and power in contemporary representations of reality; it is the pl…
We [MIT Smart Cities research group] try to identify the fundamental underlying design assumptions that everybody takes as a sort of given and unchal… - William J. Mitchell
We [MIT Smart Cities research group] try to identify the fundamental underlying design assumptions that everybody takes as a sort of given and unchal…
Exile is a series of photographs without texts. - William J. Mitchell
Exile is a series of photographs without texts.
We are surrounded by pictures; we have an abundance of theories about them, but it doesn't seem to do us any good. Knowing what pictures are doing, u… - William J. Mitchell
We are surrounded by pictures; we have an abundance of theories about them, but it doesn't seem to do us any good. Knowing what pictures are doing, u…
Photography is and is not a language; language also is and is not a photography. - William J. Mitchell
Photography is and is not a language; language also is and is not a photography.
An interlude of false innocence has passed. Today, as we enter the post-photographic era, we must face once again the ineradicable fragility of our o… - William J. Mitchell
An interlude of false innocence has passed. Today, as we enter the post-photographic era, we must face once again the ineradicable fragility of our o…
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